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Fumigants

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Conservation of Wood Artifacts

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Fumigation is a part of wood preservation and is used mainly for the control of wood-destroying insects, but sometimes also to control decay fungi. Fumigation normally does not achieve a preventive treatment, because following the required ventilation the fumigants escape from the wood completely, leaving no residuals.

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    Dr. rer. nat. Achim Unger

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Unger, A., Schniewind, A.P., Unger, W. (2001). Fumigants. In: Conservation of Wood Artifacts. Natural Science in Archaeology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06398-9_9

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